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    From Abaffa@1:103/705 to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Sysops on Sun May 2 19:24:48 2021
    Hi there,

    I'd like to connect my BBS to usenet but I could not find how to do
    it. There is some information about how to configure the synchronet at http://wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink?s[]=newslink but how do I create
    an account to the gateway?

    Augusto Baffa

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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Abaffa on Sun May 2 19:51:36 2021
    Re: UseNet
    By: Abaffa to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Sysops on Sun May 02 2021 07:24 pm

    Hi there,

    I'd like to connect my BBS to usenet but I could not find how to do
    it. There is some information about how to configure the synchronet at http://wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink?s[]=newslink but how do I create
    an account to the gateway?

    I'm not sure what you mean by "gateway" in this context, but you need to have an account on an USENET server. There are very inexpensive plans at https://www.astraweb.com/
    --
    digital man

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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Ragnarok@1:103/705 to Abaffa on Mon May 3 18:05:19 2021
    El 2/5/21 a las 19:24, Abaffa escribio:
    Hi there,

    I'd like to connect my BBS to usenet but I could not find how to do
    it. There is some information about how to configure the synchronet at http://wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink?s[]=newslink but how do I create
    an account to the gateway?

    I get newsgroups from nntp.aioe.org, my newslik.cfg is:

    ; Synchronet NewsLink configuration file
    SERVER nntp.aioe.org
    ;AREA intcode newsgroup [flags]
    AREA VNEWSC.L.PYTH comp.lang.python
    AREA VNEWSCOMPOSLX comp.os.linux
    AREA VNEWSALT.BBS alt.bbs
    AREA VNEWSALTBBSAS alt.bbs.allsysop
    AREA VNEWSALTMAJOR alt.bbs.majorbbs
    AREA VNEWSSOCARGEN soc.culture.argentina
    AREA VNEWSALTCULAR alt.culture.argentina
    AREA VNEWSALTBBSLI alt.bbs.lists
    AREA VNEWSALTGAMP2 alt.games.video.sony-playstation2
    AREA VNEWSTALK.BIZ talk.bizarre
    AREA VNEWSCOMP4DOS comp.os.msdos.4dos
    AREA VNEWSCOMPDJGP comp.os.msdos.djgpp
    AREA VNEWSCOMP2MIS comp.os.msdos.misc
    AREA VNEWSCOMPPROG comp.os.msdos.programmer
    AREA VNEWSMICDOS microsoft.public.basic.dos
    AREA VNEWSDECOMMSO de.comm.software.crosspoint
    AREA VNEWSALTASCII alt.ascii-art
    AREA VNEWSALTBBSAD alt.bbs.ads
    AREA VNEWSALTBBSDO alt.bbs.doors
    AREA VNEWSALTBBSGE alt.bbs.general
    AREA VNEWSALTBBSIN alt.bbs.internet
    AREA VNEWSCOMPBBSM comp.bbs.majorbbs
    AREA VNEWSBBSMISC comp.bbs.misc
    AREA VNEWSALT2600 alt.2600
    AREA VNEWSALT2600H alt.2600.hackers
    AREA VNEWSALTCOMPO alt.comp.os.windows-nt4
    AREA VNEWSALTPHP alt.php
    AREA VNEWSCOMPLANG comp.lang.php
    AREA VNEWSCLPHP alt.comp.lang.php
    AREA VNEWSAMDOSPRO alt.msdos.programmer
    AREA VNEWSAOFDOS alt.os.free-dos
    [----cut----]

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  • From Retro Guy@1:103/705 to All on Thu May 6 16:41:36 2021
    On Mon, 3 May 2021 18:05:19 -0300
    "Ragnarok" <ragnarok@VERT/DOCKSUD> wrote:

    El 2/5/21 a las 19:24, Abaffa escribi_:
    Hi there,

    I'd like to connect my BBS to usenet but I could not find how to do
    it. There is some information about how to configure the synchronet at http://wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink?s[]=newslink but how do I create an account to the gateway?

    I get newsgroups from nntp.aioe.org, my newslik.cfg is:
    ...

    aioe.org is a good, responsive and free provider. You're welcome to use i2pn2.org, which is also free (and also a peer of aioe).

    Once you get synchronet and newslink configured, you connect to a "gateway" or usenet provider just like a newsreader. Newslink pulls new articles and posts as a news client would.

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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)